~$1000 Gaming (First Build)

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This Week

BUDGET RANGE: $1000 (+/- $100) After Rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:Games, Movies, Musics, Internets

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Headphones/Speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States

PARTS PREFERENCES: No Preference

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: In the future.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Preferably something I can upgrade steadily as needed. Thanks <3

 

[inane_asylum]

For that price, an AMD build would probably be your best bet...this is roughly what I just made...

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W/SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD combo $144.98

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)/LIAN LI PC-7FN Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case combo $162.98

ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard/AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 combo
GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 $229.99

LITE-ON Black DVD writer
$25.99

Total: $889.92 before shipping.

Notes: SLI will not be possible without SLI hack on an AMD system, so you can scrap the GTX460 for an ATi card so you can crossfire in the future. Also, the RipJaw series RAM is "optimized" for Intel CPUs, so it will most likely default to a lower setting than is advertised, but this is easily correctable in the BIOS. Overclocking will be easy with this mobo/CPU combo, as ASUS boards are phenomenal for this purpose, and the Black Edition CPU is made for OC

/edit/ Any idea why half my links aren't working?

 

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Thanks for the suggestion Inane. Concidering what you said, I swapped the GTX460 for a 5850. I'm also thinking I'll change to a cheaper DVD burner since I don't care about LightScribe.

Changed Parts:
Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B - OEM $18.99
XFX HD-585X-ZAFC Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity $279.99

This still look good? Also, is 650w enough knowing that I plan to upgrade semi-regularly? I see similar gaming builds going for 750w, although I'm not clear on the reasons.

Thanks again <3

P.S. Looks like those links aren't working because you hit enter before/after the url tag.

 

[Mr Pizza]

Get an HX750, its modular and good for some overclocking/upgrades

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010&Tpk=HX750

 

[inane_asylum]

Looks good to me. Depending on how much OCing/upgrading you're planning on doing, it'd probably be a good idea to get the HX750 like Mr. Pizza said.

 

[Mr Pizza]

Yeah, or look at some coolermaster PSUs or XFX, they have a 750w

 

[inane_asylum]

Here's a combo with your GPU and an XFX 850W PSU...

 

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850w is a tad much though, isn't it? There was a psu+case combo in a solved thread a little ways down so I grabbed that. Also found a gpu+ram combo.

Again... I changed some parts and am not sure if everything is compatible.

New Parts:
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3F1600LV4GK $85.99
Antec Six Hundred Black Black Computer Case $79.99
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply $79.99

Thanks for the help so far guys.

Edit: What's the advantage of the ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard over the ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard? I'm getting close to the top of my budget, and was thinking of dropping the current gpu+ram combo for a gpu+6gb ram combo.

 

[inane_asylum]

Thanks for the help so far guys.

No problem...

The issue with the PSU you got, though, is it has 4 12V rails, meaning you're going to have to carefully balance your power. I try and stick with single, high-amperage 12V rails to avoid this headache. Also, just because the PSU is rated at 850W doesn't mean it's continually sucking that much power...it's just rated up to that much.

Here is a good, single-rail 750W PSU from Corsair...

 

[sp12]

Do you live near microcenter? I like this build, most contentious recommendations being the GTX 470 and ram. GTX 460 could work as well, but the 470 has had some pretty awesome deals recently.

i5-760 210$
MSI-P55a-G55 105$
G.skill eco series 99$
850 watt XFX black edition PSU 105$
Samsung F3 75$
Litescribe DVD burner 20$
GTX 470 240-270$
HAF 922 90$
1014 total?

Hyper 212+? 25$
Win7 (combo with case) 90$


1056 total. It's a fair bit faster/nicer than the AMD build.

 

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Hyper 212+? 25$

I assume you mean this?
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve CPU Cooler $50

I was hoping to avoid heatsinks if possible. Is this necessary, and if yes would it be necessary with the GTX 460?

 

[sp12]

Yes, but only buy it for ~25$.

An aftermarket heatsink is not 'necessary' per se, but is nice in that they're quiet/allow for overclocking.